Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA) recrute un(e) Responsable de la cybersécurité et de l’accréditation du programme spatial basé en Italie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

Cyber Security and Space Programme Accreditation Manager in the ESA Security Office (ESO), Department of Foresight, Strategy and Coordination, Director General’s Services. Reporting to the Head of the ESA Security Office and supporting the Space Programme Accreditation and Security Engineering Manager, you will be tasked with managing ESA’s cyber security activities and space programme accreditation and certification process, in coordination with the ESA Security Office team members.

Duties

You will contribute to the Agency’s development of an integrated centralised ESA security approach in terms of cyber security and space programme accreditation/certification.

Your tasks and responsibilities will include:

  • managing the security accreditation/certification process for space programmes under ESA responsibility, up to their release for the accreditation/certification statement;
  • supporting the directorates in the accreditation/certification process for space programmes under third-party responsibility, up to the preparation of the accreditation/certification dossier to be presented and approved by a third-party accreditation board;
  • ensuring, in both cases, that the accreditation strategy and process is coherent and harmonised among internal stakeholders and the related space projects with respect to the ESA security regulations, directives and strategy;
  • coordinating the ESO team integrated within specific space projects, carrying out the overall accreditation/certification process;
  • coordinating the ESO team integrated within specific cyber security projects, supervising the correct development and implementation process;
  • performing a risk analysis and threat assessment to evaluate, from the beginning, the space project-related security posture and potential residual risk;
  • devising, for each space project, an accreditation/certification strategy;
  • devising, for each space programme, a cyber security strategy;
  • performing a security engineering analysis to establish and propose the basic system security technological posture and a minimum set of security requirements;
  • establishing an accreditation/certification qualification plan, identifying the design solution and the requirements to be qualified against the accreditation process;
  • performing audit and penetration tests to monitor and supervise the specific space project cyber security implementation level;
  • performing a security analysis of any baseline deviation potentially affecting the accreditation/certification of the space system;
  • supervising the correct implementation of the cyber security strategy for each of the space programmes;
  • providing support to the Head of ESO in all necessary security-related matters;
  • providing support to the Head of ESO in maintaining the relationship with the EU institutions, ensuring coherence and harmonisation between the EU accreditation body and ESA accreditation process;
  • maintaining the relationship with ESA directorates, ensuring coherence and harmonisation between the internal stakeholder security constraints and the ESO accreditation process;
  • reviewing, from a security perspective, any partnerships with third parties and the establishment of related implementing cooperative frameworks;
  • providing support to the Head of ESO in devising security-related cooperation strategies and joint objectives with ESA Member States, the European Union or other third parties involved in security;
  • maintaining up.

Education : A master’s in a relevant engineering discipline would be required for this post.

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Deadline : May 21st, 2023